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Jeremiah 13:23
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Jeremiah 13:23
23Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
23†Can the Ethiopian change his skinne? or the leopard his spots? then may ye also doe good, that are accustomed to doe euill.
- Heb. taught.
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DEFINED WORDS
Jeremiah 13:23
To make or become different; to alter, exchange, replace, or pass from one state to another.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The natural outer covering of a person or animal; the hide or exterior covering; also, to strip off the skin or hide.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
The spotted, fierce animal called a leopard in the KJV; the entry does not impose a disputed modern species identification.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Stains or blemishes, whether literal or figurative; faults or marks of defilement.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
That which is right, beneficial, pleasing, useful, or morally upright.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
accustomed
Trained or habituated by practice; used to a course of action.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study22For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord God.
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Open the full verse study5And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
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Open the full verse study24And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
25When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?
26But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
27¶ Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?
28And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
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Open the full verse study9¶ The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
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Open the full verse study30In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
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Open the full verse study3O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
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Open the full verse study5¶ Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
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Open the full verse study29The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
30Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them.
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Open the full verse study22Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
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